Called to Duty: How We Stayed Together While We Were Apart

Called to Duty helps National Guard couples improve their coping mechanisms, communication skills, and relationships both during and after the deployment. This book helps military wives who may not feel like they fit into the traditional mainstream military culture due to conflicting philosophies with military lifestyle. This book can be useful to the soldier as well, since he may also be concerned about what his wife is experiencing and may guide him to better communication with his spouse. Called to Duty addresses preparation for deployment, coping with the loneliness, coping with leave, getting through reunification after a war, and finally putting the relationship back together. This book shares eleven important lessons that can be learned from the deployment process in the hopes of making both the individuals and the couple stronger. The message of this book is simple: You cannot change what has happened to you. You can't predict what will happen to you. You can only deal with what you are getting from life at the present. A deployment is not the end of your life or your relationship and you can get through it.